Sentences with phrase «female graduates between»

According to a Wall Street Journal analysis of U.S. Department of Education data, nine of the 10 largest STEM programs in the U.S. have increased their share of female graduates between 2012 and 2016.

Not exact matches

White college students have the biggest discrepancy between male and female graduates.

The Department of Justice estimates that between 20 and 25 % of female college students will suffer rape before they graduate.

Between 2002 and 2006, the number of female Ph.D. graduates increased faster than the number of male Ph.D. graduates — but in 2006, the number of women earning those degrees stopped growing and the number of men earning degrees started to decline.

A disproportionate share of African - American and Hispanic males (as well as females) who received their S&E doctorates between 1995 and 1999 attended minority - serving institutions as undergraduates.1 Twenty - five percent of African Americans and 23 % of Hispanics receiving S&E doctorates received their bachelor's degrees at historically black colleges and universities and Hispanic - serving institutions, respectively.1 Minority - serving institutions overachieve in producing much higher numbers (of either sex) of minority S&E graduate success stories than majority institutions.

Men dominate S&E professorships, regardless of field and race.10 Among the top 50 universities in chemistry, physics, computer science, mathematics, and engineering, at least 69 % (most times this number is much higher) of the professors are men, according to a report recently released by University of Oklahoma chemistry professor Dr. Donna Nelson.9 The lack of female professors was far greater among minority women.9 Although the number of master's degrees and doctorates increased for every racial and gender category, except for white males, 1 white — and, to a lesser extent, Asian — men constituted the clear majority of S&E graduate and faculty positions between 1990 and 1999.9

When Harvard University president Lawrence Summers, himself an MIT graduate in economics, suggested at an academic conference that there might be «intrinsic differences in ability» between men and women in math and science, a female MIT professor walked out.

A British graduate student says he's found a way to tell the difference between male and female stegosaurs, and perhaps dinosaurs in general.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

Quiz Ref IDFemale physicians now account for approximately one - third of the US physician workforce17 and comprise half of all US medical school graduates.18 Despite evidence suggesting that female physicians may provide higher - quality care,1 - 4, 7,8,10,12 - 16 some have argued that career interruptions for childrearing, higher rates of part - time employment, and greater tradeoffs between home and work responsibilities19 may compromise the quality of care provided by female physicians and justify higher salaries among male physicians.20 - 22 Therefore, empirical evidence on whether patient outcomes differ between male and female physicians is warranted.

White college students have the biggest discrepancy between male and female graduates.

Two trained coders (one male and one female undergraduate and graduate student) independently coded the verbal interactions between the dyads (e.g., words or sentences) in the transcripts.